Cymbiola vespertilio

Cymbiola vespertilio
	A shell of Cymbiola vespertilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Amoriinae
Genus:	Cymbiola
Species:	C. vespertilio
Binomial name
	Cymbiola vespertilio; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Cymbiola (Cymbiola) vespertilio (Linnaeus, 1758); Voluta lineolata Küster, H.C., 1841; Voluta pellisserpentis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811; Voluta serpentina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811; Voluta vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym);

Cymbiola vespertilio, common name the bat volute, is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Distribution[edit]

This is a Central Indo-Pacific species, found off the Philippines and Northern Australia.

The size of an adult shell varies between 45 mm and 160 mm.

^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2011). Cymbiola vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568006 on 2011-04-09

Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.

A photo (unfortunately reversed or perhaps a rare sinistral specimen?) of a live individual of this species [1]
"Cymbiola (Cymbiola) vespertilio vespertilio". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
Photos of Cymbiola vespertilio on Sealife Collection